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The Tomatometer is 60% or higher.

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The Tomatometer is 59% or lower.

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Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have made plenty of witty, macabre pictures together. Unfortunately, critics say their latest, Dark Shadows, lacks their particular brand of black magic -- despite moments of oddball inventiveness, the film suffers from jarring tonal shifts that prevent the story from resonating. Based on the 1970s soap opera, Dark Shadows stars Depp as Barnabas, a wealthy 18th century playboy who becomes a vampire after breaking a witch's heart. After a long slumber, Barnabas awakes to find himself in the 1970s -- and in the center of the squabbling family that now occupies his old mansion. The pundits say Dark Shadows looks fantastic, and Depp is enjoyable as always, but the movie never finds a consistent rhythm, mixing campy jokes and gothic spookiness with considerably less success than earlier Burton/Depp collaborations. (Check out this week's Total Recall, in which we count down Depp's best-reviewed movies.)

Also opening this week in limited release:

Portrait of Wally, a documentary about the legal battle over a painting by the great Egon Schiele, is at 100 percent.

Sleepless Night, a French thriller about a dirty cop involved in a botched heist, is at 100 percent.

Under African Skies, a doc about a reunion between Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo for the 25th anniversary of their Graceland collaboration, is at 100 percent.

You Are Here, a sci-fi drama about a woman who collects documents and recordings of a secret parallel world, is at 100 percent.

The Chilean import BonsŠi, a dramedy about a struggling writer looking for inspiration for his autobiographical novel, is at 93 percent.